on the book

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on the book

  1. (theater) Acting as a prompter.
    • 1954, Harald Melvill, Theatrecraft: The A to Z of Show Business, page 103:
      That was the “set-up” in the Venner Repertory Company, and I must state that they needed very few prompts, even on the first nights of which we had two a week! I was “on the book” , gave all the “lighting and effects signals” []
    • 2004, Michael Hallifax, Let Me Set the Scene, page 340:
      I was on the book in the prompt corner on stage right.
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